Job summary
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our Hand Therapy team in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Based at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon hospital, this static Band 6 Occupational Therapist role will provide specialist clinical assessment, education, splinting and rehabilitation services to our upper-limb,f post-surgery and trauma patients within the local area. The post holder will manage a dynamic clinical caseload whilst working imperatively within the team to drive the service forward through ongoing developments, improvements, audit and research.
If you have extensive experience relevant to this role, and are looking to specialise in the area of Hand Therapy, we warmly welcome your application for this exciting post.
Main duties of the job
Acting within their professional boundaries, the post holder will provide support and intervention for the presenting patient group through holistic person- centred assessment and intervention.
The post holder will demonstrate safe clinical decision -making, maintaining up to date with recent evidence-based literature.
The successful applicant will have a role in supporting the development of the service and will also have responsibility to support students on placement from Occupational Therapy programmes.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
*We listen, learn and improve
* We treat everyone with respect
* We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Post grad education in relevant area
- Experience of fieldwork education
- Knowledge of assessments, interventions and approaches that can be used in this area
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of supervision
- Experience of effective one-to-one interactions with service users
- Experience of working in a range of settings to provide relevant transferable skills
- Experience of working in a hand therapy setting
- Involvement in service improvement and/or audit
Desirable
- Experience of advising/teaching other professions
- Experience of advising/teaching service users
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work well under pressure within wider multi-disciplinary team settings
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills
- Well developed written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases
Desirable
- Evidence of effective teaching skills
- Evidence of presenting to wide variety of audiences
- Leadership skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Embrace innovative practice
- Appraise own performance
- Use of clinical supervision
- Autonomous practitioner
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Post grad education in relevant area
- Experience of fieldwork education
- Knowledge of assessments, interventions and approaches that can be used in this area
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of supervision
- Experience of effective one-to-one interactions with service users
- Experience of working in a range of settings to provide relevant transferable skills
- Experience of working in a hand therapy setting
- Involvement in service improvement and/or audit
Desirable
- Experience of advising/teaching other professions
- Experience of advising/teaching service users
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work well under pressure within wider multi-disciplinary team settings
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills
- Well developed written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases
Desirable
- Evidence of effective teaching skills
- Evidence of presenting to wide variety of audiences
- Leadership skills
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Embrace innovative practice
- Appraise own performance
- Use of clinical supervision
- Autonomous practitioner
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
